| Final 18:20 | time | | | 1. Marlies Göhr |  East Germany | 11.13s | Cr | | 2. Linda Haglund |  Sweden | 11.29s | | | 3. Lyudmila Maslakova |  Soviet Union | 11.31s | | | 4. Monika Hamann | East Germany | 11.33s | | | 5. Lyudmila Storozhkova | Soviet Union | 11.33s | | | 6. Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.38s | | | 7. Chantal Réga |  France | 11.49s | | | 8. Sonia Lannaman |  Great Britain | 11.67s | |
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Semi-Finals - Wednesday 30.08 17:00 | | First 4 advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 11.27s | Q | | 2. Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.43s | Q | | 3. Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.51s | Q | | 4. Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.54s | Q | | 5. Laura Miano |  Italy | 11.71s | | | 6. Rosset Véronique | France | 11.80s | | | 7. Sofka Popova |  Bulgaria | 11.87s | | | 8. Annie Alizé | France | 11.87s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.42 | Q | | 2. Monika Hamann | East Germany | 11.47 | Q | | 3. Lyudmila Storozhkova | Soviet Union | 11.52 | Q | | 4. Chantal Réga | France | 11.59 | Q | | 5. Bev Goddard | Great Britain | 11.72 | | | 6. Ivanka Valkova | Bulgaria | 11.80 | | | 7. Helinä Laihorinne |  Finland | 11.82 | | | 8. Michelle Walsh |  Ireland | 11.95 | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 11.34s | Q | | 2. Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 11.41s | Q | | 3. Laura Miano | Italy | 11.52s | Q | | 4. Bev Goddard | Great Britain | 11.53s | Q | | 5. Helinä Laihorinne | Finland | 11.58s | Q | | 6. Annie Alizé | France | 11.61s | q | | 7. Elvira Possekel |  West Germany | 11.82s | | | 8. Tilly Verhoef |  Netherlands | 12.04s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.23s | Q | | 2. Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.54s | Q | | 3. Ivanka Valkova | Bulgaria | 11.61s | Q | | 4. Michelle Walsh | Ireland | 11.70s | Q | | 5. Rosset Véronique | France | 11.77s | Q | | 6. Petra Sharp | West Germany | 11.84s | | | 7. Brigitte Haest |  Austria | 11.89s | | | 8. Ludmila Jimramovská |  Czechoslovakia | 11.91s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Linda Haglund | Sweden | 11.24s | Q | | 2. Chantal Réga | France | 11.38s | Q | | 3. Lyudmila Storozhkova | Soviet Union | 11.38s | Q | | 4. Monika Hamann | East Germany | 11.52s | Q | | 5. Sofka Popova | Bulgaria | 11.65s | Q | | 6. Grażyna Molik |  Poland | 11.90s | | | 7. Ellie Henzen | Netherlands | 12.04s | |
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